‘She’s done her time’: Roxy Jacenko praises Schapelle Corby for taking part in SAS Australia – and defends the convicted drug smuggler for moving on with her life
She voluntarily withdrew from SAS Australia on Monday, due to a fractured hip and pelvis she suffered before filming.
And on Tuesday, Roxy Jacenko defended her co-star Schapelle Corby, who has faced scrutiny for appearing on reality TV after serving time in a Bali prison for drug smuggling.
The 40-year-old publicist said on The Kyle and Jackie O Show that she ‘felt sad’ watching Schapelle, 43, getting interrogated by the drill sergeants on the show because she has real-life experience of Indonesia’s unforgiving legal system.
‘She’s done her time’: Roxy Jacenko (pictured) has praised Schapelle Corby for taking part in SAS Australia, telling The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Tuesday the convicted drug smuggler should be able to move on with her life
‘She was really lovely. Obviously, I didn’t get to spend much time with her,’ Roxy said of her friendship with Schapelle.
She also defended the convicted drug trafficker, saying that people fixated with her criminal past ‘need to move on’.
She compared Schapelle moving on with her life to her own husband Oliver Curtis’ experience of returning society after spending a year behind bars for insider trading.
Good impression: Roxy said Schapelle (pictured) ‘was really lovely’ and has ‘served her time’
‘[I’ve] experienced Oli, obviously, going to jail and then coming out of jail, and having to still live this nightmare,’ she said.
‘Trying to go out to the marketplace and being that guy who went to jail.
‘People need to move on. Schapelle’s done her time. If she did [bring drugs to Bali], she did it. If she didn’t, she didn’t.
Sitting on the fence: Roxy didn’t offer her opinion on Schapelle’s guilt or innocence, however, saying: ‘If she did, she did it. If she didn’t, she didn’t’
‘But let her have a crack. Who cares? Close the chapter and let’s move on. But people and their opinions, it blows my mind,’ she added.
Roxy voluntarily withdrew from SAS Australia after just six hours on Monday’s episode. She pulled out because of injuries she’d sustained before filming began.
She was savagely trolled on Instagram, but defended herself by sharing photos from her stint in hospital just weeks before she joined the cast.
Devastated: Roxy voluntarily withdrew from SAS Australia after just six hours on Monday’s episode. She pulled out because of injuries she’d sustained before filming began
The PR queen explained that when production began in August, she was still recovering from a fractured hip and pelvis stemming from a horse riding accident.
She wrote: ‘So if weak and pathetic is showing up to SAS Australia because I had committed to it six months prior and put six days a week training into it no matter what my injuries were well then so be it.
‘I think what it shows was, I had a commitment, I showed up and I tried my very best – which given the circumstances was a hell of a lot given my situation.’
The painful truth: She was savagely trolled on Instagram, but defended herself by sharing photos from her stint in hospital just weeks before she joined the cast